The
weather forecasters got it right – the remains of Hurricane Bertha arrived and
the weather took a turn for the worse.
Although there was some blue in the sky to be seen, it didn’t last for long
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| Creigiau Gleision and Craig Wen |
Gallt
yr Ogof looks impenetrable from the A5 but I during my Carneddau walk I planned
a route up its western flank through the bands of small crags. The midges were out in force as it was still
quite warm but as I reached the ridge, the rain arrived. The view disappeared as quickly as the
waterproofs appeared and I started to make my way towards the summit as the
mist came and went. At least I wasn’t
going to add to yesterday’s sunburn !
I
passed the fore-summit and was soon at the top.
Views of Y Foel Goch were tantalisingly brief and I walked to the col,
passing the wrong side of the tarn and ending up knee deep in bog, although I
got out of it very quickly, minimising the soaking my right leg got.
Y
Foel Goch is the higher summit but is not well defined, being quite a large
plateau. I bagged the cairn and the
other two possible contenders for the summit before making my way down towards
Llyn y Caseg-fraith. I was hoping for
the classic view of the east face of Tryfan but Bertha put paid to that. I contoured around Drws Nodded to the Braich
y Ddeugwm ridge, trying to stay out of the now gusting winds, and followed this
down towards the valley.
Conditions
eased as I neared the valley, giving a reasonable view of Tryfan.
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| Tryfan |
